The quarterly publication of Ohio Music Education Association (OMEA), TRIAD, featured writings by Kent State University’s School of Music faculty member, Dr. Rachael Fleischaker, and a doctoral student, Lisa Heinrich. Dr. Rachael Fleischaker is an adjunct professor of Music Education at Kent State University’s School of Music. She earned her B.M.E. from the College of Wooster, as well as her M.Ed. and Ph.D. from Kent State University. Over her teaching career, she has taught undergraduate courses at institutions including Baldwin Wallace University, the College of Wooster, and The Ohio Stat...

  School of Art Assistant Professor of Print Media and Photography, J. Leigh Garcia, received the 2023 SGCI Emerging Printmaker Award on September 25, 2022. The SGCI Emerging Printmaker Award is given to early-career artists who exhibit outstanding potential in their field of printmaking and excellence in their own creative work. Nominations must be SGCI members and must be accepted by the SGCI Awards Committee. The SGCI Awards Committee selects three finalists with a final vote from the SGCI membership. The recipient is invited to attend the annual conference and is presented w...

Exhibit focuses on former faculty, notable alums, and a juried selection of alumni from the 70-year history of the ceramics program at Kent State University KENT, Ohio – The School of Art Collection and Galleries at Kent State University are pleased to announce a new exhibit, Now and Then: Seven Decades of Kent State Ceramics, featuring work from current and former faculty, notable alums, and a juried selection of works from an alum call for entries juried by noted artists Matt Wedel and April D. Felipe. Artists includein the exhibition: Miska Petersham, John Gill, Kirk ...

Kayon Hall, assistant professor of Higher Education Administration and Student Affairs in the School of Foundations, Leadership and Administration, was awarded a $1,000 grant from the American College Personnel Association (ACPA) Foundation in support of her study, “Black But Also Undocumented/DACAmented: Examining Anti-blackness in Higher Education." Scholars have demonstrated that marginalized communities have a wealth of knowledge to improve policies and practices. Hall believes the same is true for undocu/DACAmented Black collegians as they recount their experiences with anti-blackness ...

Kent State University will celebrate its first-generation students this week with a series of events and programs to spotlight and encourage current students who will be the first in their families to earn a bachelor’s degree.  The purpose of the week is to increase campus awareness and engagement of first-generation students, as well as staff and faculty who were first-generation, and to promote resources, programs and services that support first-generation student success.  In addition to recognizing students, the university will celebrate staff, faculty and advocates for th...